The language of academic caution can be extremely helpful in IELTS in two ways. Naturally, it can help extend the range of your writing and speaking vocabulary by being more “academic”. More importantly, perhaps, it can help improve your coherence by allowing you to extend your written and spoken answers in a way that is both natural and coherent. In this post I look at how you can… Continue reading
This article looks at coherence and cohesion in IELTS writing and give examples of common mistakes that IELTS candidates make using them. Understanding these mistakes should help improve your IELTS writing and your band score.
Paragraphs need to have a clear, central topic and be used logically. If your writing does not have paragraphs or the paragraphs are confusing, your coherence score will be no… Continue reading
This article has a downloadable tutorial on how to make your IELTS essays more coherent. At first sight it may look complex but in fact it need not be. More than that, it is a skill well worth learning: not only will it improve your band score, it will also make the writing process easier. It is a win-win situation… Continue reading
Coherence is an organisational skill that works at 2 levels.It is the skill of writing paragraphs that develop an idea in a way that the reader understands what the main point is and why it is important. (paragraph coherence) It is also the skill of organising your essay so that the paragraphs link together so that the reader understands the connections between the paragraphs and the flow of the essay. (essay… Continue reading
Are you aiming to get an IELTS band 6 or above? If you are, can I suggest some grammar work for you? In order to get to band 6 your writing needs not just to be correct, it also needs to contain a mix of both simple and more complex structures. In plain English this means using some more advanced grammatical structures: tips and tricks aren’t always enough, you also… Continue reading
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